The four of them really didn't move, they sat in the pavilion all the time, Mr. Rong kept observing not far away, and when he saw that nothing was going on, he left quietly.

An hour later, the Rong family's banquet began, and the four emperors were invited to the front.

The front hall of the Rong family is the square of the palace, covered with pergolas, and the delicious wine and delicacies inside exude a burst of aroma.

Either way, it's all beautiful!

The head of the Rong family, the father of Mr. Rong, finally met the ice sender.

I don't know, I really don't know, maybe they are really passing tourists, just some capable businessmen.

If you can't offend, you won't offend. It's fine to make friends, and let the tea cool down.

So he didn't come over to say hello, the four emperors arranged at the same table with others, they didn't know each other, they nodded to each other.

The emperor looked at the food on the table and thought in his heart that it was even better than what I ate. In the eyes of the Rong family, the golden autumn and the harvest season are their glory days, right?

It's really extravagant, this table will not work without a thousand taels of silver.

Qiao Mai didn't think much about it, he was about to eat it after the ceremony, and Yuan Jiaqi naturally thought the same way, so the couple were not polite, and ate with their cheeks aside.

Not to mention, this taste is really good, I haven't eaten seafood like this for a long time, eat it!

After a while, a large plate of salmon was served, raw, with some crushed ice on it. It seemed that they used this ritual thoroughly.

The guests all screamed when they saw the ice and the salmon.

"Wow, Bing, the Rong family is really generous. This fish must be delicious after being iced like this. Come, eat."

Qiao Mai took out a bottle and poured a pill into the hands of the four of them.

"It's raw. I'm afraid your stomach won't be able to take it. Eat a piece of this first. Don't look at this fish as raw. It tastes very good. Don't eat too much."

"My mother knows a lot"

A few people picked up one chopstick and started to eat, but before the second chopstick was used, the whole plate of fish was bottomed out, the queen winked at Qiao Mai.

"Mother-in-law, let's make a plate and try it when we go back?"

"What request do you have, Xiaocai, I will satisfy you!"

The two interacted, and the people at the same table looked at them with contempt, and said in their hearts, and they were just side dishes, not to mention that this fish is from the deep sea, can you get this ice?

If you let them know that the ice was taken out by those present, they will not be forced in their hearts.

After eating, seeing someone leaving, they left quietly.

They didn't add an inn, but took a sightseeing car and continued to stroll. A few people sat in the car drinking iced drinks, which was much more enjoyable than at Rong's.

"A branch of the Rong family is so grand, and the family should have more wealth than the prefect of Wu."

"He's not the magistrate of Luzhou, otherwise, this banquet will be more grand, maybe gold can be made into dishes"

The queen's face was quite ugly, Qiao Mai saw the shop on the side of the road, "Dongzao, Tiexue, stop!"

The car stopped, several people turned their heads, "Smoke House?"

"Do you want to go in and taste the taste of opium?"

Several people quickly shook their heads like rattles, "Is this tobacco shop opened on both sides of the street like this?"

"From yesterday to now, I counted such dens, and there are no fewer than ten. One can imagine how many people smoke this kind of drug."

The emperor's hands were tightly held together, "There should be no capital, right?"

"After all, it is at the feet of the emperor, and there are also secrets. Officials protect each other, businessmen collude, and interests are involved. One prospers and one loses. If the merchants and officials in Luzhou City form a network, this move will be very good."

"Then they must be eradicated, otherwise the entire Ming Dynasty will be harmed by this drug. It doesn't matter if I lose a city, but I can't lose all the cities."

"Well, make up your mind, what do my husband and I need to do, just hum."

"Don't worry, I will never be polite to my mother-in-law."

That night, Jin Longwei inquired about the situation in Luzhou, and the emperor arranged arrangements in Kejiao until late at night.

The queen has always been worried, don't look at what she said so lightly, but this Rong family is a branch of her mother's family after all, broken bones and tendons.

If the Rong family did something to harm the common people, she would lose face as a queen.

The emperor still trusted her, "I will not accuse the Rong family of joint crimes, whoever did it will be judged. If the main family in the capital is involved, I will not spare anyone lightly, but it does not involve innocent people."

"The emperor is tolerant to the Rong family, and the concubine is very grateful."

"I hope the Rong family in the capital city doesn't get involved. The complexity of Luzhou City is even worse than that of Liangzhou. If it's not handled well, there will be a sea of ​​corpses and blood."

"so many people?"

"Yes, it's true what my mother-in-law said, officials and officials protect each other, and businessmen collude, just to earn more money."

"Is the emperor going to make a move?"

"Not yet, the garrison outside the city may be bought by them. I want to mobilize the soldiers from Nanguan, first take down the garrison outside the city, and then investigate all the officials and merchants in the city."

The emperor sighed and lay down next to the queen.

The next day, several small stalls suddenly appeared outside the Yingbin Inn. Qiao Mai looked at it upstairs and thought it was ridiculous.

"Sir, we are being targeted again"

"How did you see that?"

"Look below, those peddlers seem to be yelling and selling, but their eyes are staring at the inn from time to time."

"They want to inquire about our details?"

"It's my fault too. Make some ice cubes. It's true. I was spotted by a group of flies."

"Although news about Liangzhou prefect's dismounting has spread, we have always kept our travels with the emperor secret. Although they know that the emperor is going south, they don't know the route."

"As long as you have a brain, you are always on guard. It seems that I still need to step in."

"I don't care about him, wait until the emperor asks his wife."

The husband and wife were chatting, and the emperor and empress arrived in a state of boredom.

"The two are so relaxing"

"Just woke you up?"

"Well, I arranged to deploy the Golden Dragon Guard last night."

The emperor tapped the table with his fingers, and Qiao Mai put a bottle of cold drink in front of him.

"The most important thing is to get the ledger of the smokehouse. People like them usually keep two ledgers, one clear and one dark,"

"Well, Jin Longwei has already gone, and I asked them to investigate the house of the fifth son of Luzhou, as well as their family business. As long as they are famous here, I will not let them go."

"Are you still going out?"

"I'm not going, I'm not in the mood, it's hard to catch my breath on such a hot day, and I don't know how they live here."

"Used to it"

The emperor looked at Qiao Mai with complicated eyes, "Mother-in-law, when this case is over, do you still want to take action to destroy all the poppies here?"

"No problem, leave it to me"

At this moment, a guard held a letter in both hands, came to the front of the house and knocked on the door.

"Come in"

The guards took the letter and handed it to the emperor respectfully. The emperor burst out laughing after reading the letter, and hurriedly handed the letter to Qiao Mai first, even the queen uncovered it.

"Mother-in-law, look quickly, you are going to be a grandmother soon."

Qiao Mai looked at the letter with a smile on her face, "Finally something good happened. Congratulations to you too. You are going to be grandparents."

"Haha, same joy, same joy,"

After receiving the letter and reading it, the queen immediately forgot the Rong family's unhappiness, "It's been just over a month, so we need to be more careful."

"As long as the prince doesn't accept concubines and no one competes for favor, there will be no accidents in Ling'er's body,"

"Haha, with a mother-in-law like you, he will only have one woman, Linger, in his life."

"There are many women in the harem, so there are many things, and there are endless dirty tricks. Presumably, in the dark, the emperor's heirs have been raped many times, and the crown prince is just one case."

"There is no other way. In order to continue the bloodline, even so, the royal family will arrange for women to enter the palace."

"Do you know what it's called?"

"What?"

"Stallion, boar!"

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