Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 106 Origin of Yan Mansion
"Well, not bad." Zhao Min couldn't stop nodding while looking at Tao Zhiyi who was cooking at the side.

After Zhao Min's initial teaching, now Tao Zhiyi has changed from a layman who knows nothing about cooking to being able to cook a few simple dishes.

After starting the pot, Tao Zhiyi poured the dishes into the plate, picked up the cloth on his neck and wiped the sweat on his forehead, with some anticipation in his eyes, he walked aside, took out the chopsticks and handed them to Zhao Min: "Master, you Try it."

Today Zhao Min gave Tao Zhiyi sweet and sour pork ribs.

Zhao Min picked up a piece of ribs, put it in his mouth, and tasted it carefully.

Tao Zhiyi on the side stared at Zhao Min, and swallowed nervously: "Master, how is it?"

I saw Zhao Min put the chopsticks on the plate and made his own evaluation: "Barely qualified, I still need to master the heat, the fire is a bit urgent."

Tao Zhiyi sighed deeply, his shoulders were a little slumped, and he looked very frustrated.

Seeing this, Zhao Min patted him on the shoulder, and encouraged him: "Don't be discouraged, you've only learned it for half a month, and today is the first time you try to cook this dish, and it's already very good."

Tao Zhiyi nodded, and after listening to Zhao Min's encouragement, his confidence increased a lot.

"Okay, it's getting late, hurry home, your mother is still waiting for you here."

Tao Zhiyi took off his apron, tidied up the kitchen and said goodbye to Zhao Min: "Then master, I will go first."

After Tao Zhiyi walked out of the kitchen, Zhao Min called him: "Hey, by the way, I don't have to come so early tomorrow morning. I'm going out tomorrow morning."

"Okay, master."

Watching him leave, Zhao Min turned around and took a cucumber from the vegetable basket, washed it, and with a "bang", took a bite and started to eat.

Every morning, Tao Zhiyi would come to the inn before dawn, go to the morning market with Zhao Min to buy vegetables, and learn how to choose fresh vegetables.

When Zhao Min went upstairs just now, he found that he was running out of medicines, so he thought about going out of the city tomorrow morning to dig some herbs in the nearby mountains.

If he still took Tao Zhiyi to go grocery shopping with him, he would have to come over later tomorrow because he was teaching him to kill some time.

This Yan Zhixing was originally the steward of the Xian Wang's mansion. That year, because the old mother at home was seriously ill, he wanted to resign as the housekeeper.

Yan Zhixing had been the steward of Prince Xian's mansion for decades, and Gu Lingqing's mother was very reluctant to part with him, so she allowed him to take a long vacation and come back after his mother recovered from her illness.

Butler Yan agreed, but he didn't expect that such an accident would happen to Prince Xian's mansion a few months later. Butler Yan also escaped disaster because he went back to his hometown to visit his old mother.

By the time Steward Yan returned to the capital, everything had been settled, and Gu Lingqing and Gu Po had been dispatched to a remote mountain village.

While Yan Zhixing was grieving, he still had a hole in his hand.

At that time, in order to restrict the relationship between herself and other concubines, the princess handed over her personal jewelry, gold, silver and jewelry to Butler Yan for safekeeping.

Naturally, Yan Zhixing did not dare to put the money in the palace, so he bought a courtyard in the outskirts of the city in his own name, put the money in a box, and buried it in the courtyard.

Only Steward Yan and the concubine knew about this matter, so the property naturally escaped the catastrophe and was not confiscated by the emperor. .

When Butler Yan went to the side courtyard, he dug up so many treasures, but he didn't have any intention of getting lost. Instead, he inquired about the whereabouts of Gu Lingqing and Po Gu along the way, hoping to get in touch with them.

However, the imperial list only said that Gu Lingqing was dispatched to the mountain village and did not mention it in detail.

After many inquiries, Butler Yan only knew that the mountain village might be near Liangcheng.

Although there was only one possibility, Butler Yan also went to look for it near Liangcheng. The search lasted for more than half a year, and it was not until half a year later that he joined Po Gu.

At that time, Gu Lingqing was still young, so how could she think so much? After the steward said everything to Gu Po, Gu Po thought about it for a few days before making a decision in her heart.

Let him settle down in Liangcheng for the time being, build up his power slowly, and then tell him all this when Gu Lingqing is a few years older, and let him make up his mind.

In this way, Yan Zhixing took the old concubine's money and settled in Liangcheng and built the Yan Mansion.

The reason why it is called Yanfu is just to deceive people's eyes and ears. After all, Gu Lingqing's status is so inconvenient, it really can't be called Gufu.

Yan Zhixing used to be able to manage the entire mansion in an orderly manner in Nuoda's Xianwang Mansion with only one person.

He also has a lot of contact with the shops under his name, so he naturally has a good business acumen, but in a few years he doubled the money left by the princess.

"Old Qi, you have really worked hard for me these past few months, running around for me."

Gu Qi waved his hand: "What brother said made me very ashamed. I have been here for a few months, but the progress of things is very slow."

Yan Dong sat on the side without saying a word. He was silent, but after hearing Gu Qi's words, he picked up a glass of wine from the table and drank it down.

Although Yan Dong didn't know what progress Gu Qi was referring to, but thinking of her frequent testing of him in the past few months, he thought it had nothing to do with it.

"Old Qi, don't blame yourself, and blame me. I didn't think carefully at the time, so I let you come here alone. Come, I will toast you."

At the wine table, Gu Lingqing and Gu Qi were just talking a few words from time to time, while Zan Nenzi at the side didn't say a word.

Gu Lingqing also generally knew his temperament, and didn't force it. She also knew that he still couldn't completely trust Gu Qi, so she should wait until she was alone before discussing with him.

While pushing the cups and changing the cups, Gu Qi was a little drunk. Seeing him like this, Gu Lingqing supported him and went back to the room first.

For a while, only Gu Lingqing and Yan Dong were left in the room.

Gu Lingqing poured wine for herself, seeing that Yan Dong's wine glass was empty, she was about to pour him a glass.

Yan Dong was flattered: "My lord, you can't do it."

Gu Lingqing pushed his hand away: "What's wrong with this?"

Immediately poured him a glass of wine, then picked up his own glass and raised it: "Come on!"

After the two clinked glasses, they both drank the wine in the glasses boldly.

"Yandong, Gu Qi is my closest brother, and I can trust him." Gu Lingqing said slowly.

After hearing Gu Lingqing's words, Yan Dong recalled the letter he sent himself a few days ago, and felt a little guilty in his heart: "My lord, is it because I delayed something?"

"It's okay." Gu Lingqing filled the wine glass, "Give me the token of the Liangcheng Army, I need to check something."

Regarding Gu Lingqing's request, without any hesitation, Yan Dong took out the token that he was wearing next to him and handed it to him.

Gu Lingqing saw that he was so forthright, her eyes were full of admiration, she didn't
(End of this chapter)