Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 938 Unable to evaluate
After waiting for two days, Mr. Zheng still did not show up.

Su Yixin could basically confirm that this was something Zheng Langjun did on purpose. He sold the recipe she had worked so hard to come up with to the teahouse privately and pocketed the profits for himself.

What a good plan!

On May 25th, after Gu Qingjue's birthday, Su Yixin flew to Dengfeng alone. It was close anyway and could arrive in a quarter of an hour or two.

Tian Huilan was holding her grandson and teasing him, looking very happy.

The servant came to report: "Madam, Princess Rui'an is here."

Tian Huilan was puzzled: "Princess Rui'an has come to Dengfeng? Please come in!"

"You wait here with the child, and I will go to receive the princess."

Tian Zhiyao said: "Mom, I haven't seen Yi Xin for a long time, come with me!"

Tian Huilan recalled that they had played together in the past. After so many years of getting along, she knew that Su Yixin was not the kind of person who cared about status, so she nodded: "Okay."

Tian Huilan brought Tian Zhiyao to the flower hall.

"How come the princess has time to come to Dengfeng?"

Su Yixin was admiring the carvings in the flower hall. When she heard the voice, she turned around and said, "Madam, you are fine. Zhiyao looks radiant!"

Tian Zhiyao walked over and held Su Yixin's hand: "How can you be so radiant? Look at my face, I can already be your mother!"

After he realized that something was wrong, he corrected himself: "Don't be offended, I didn't mean to take advantage of you."

Su Yixin smiled: "I know. Is this your child?"

"Well, this is Xiaowu. He's already half a year old!"

"It looks good."

Su Yixin didn't say the rest.

Tian Huilan then asked, "Yixin, did you come to see me on purpose?"

"Yes."

Tian Huilan has been in charge of the Second House for many years. Seeing Su Yixin's expression, she knew that she had something important to say: "Nanny, take the child away, and you all go down first."

There were only three people left in the hall.

Su Yixin said directly: "Madam, have you handed over all the business in Kyoto to Zhiyao's husband?"

Tian Huilan nodded: "Yes, I am old now, and my physical strength is not as good as before. I no longer have the energy to support such a big business. Not only in Kyoto, most of the business of the Tian family shop has been taken over by Erlangjun."

Tian Zhiyao asked: "Yixin, is there something wrong with the Tian family shop?"

Tian Huilan was shocked and said, "No way, it's only been half a year since Erlang took over. How could something go wrong so soon?"

"Madam, do you remember the dessert recipe I gave you two months ago?"

Tian Huilan nodded: "Of course I remember. We have been working together for so many years, and we are already familiar with these processes. After you give it to me, I will ask the cook to make samples first, and only when they are qualified will they be put into the shop."

"But this time, after I received the sample, I ate the exact same dim sum at Tokufu Tea House in Kyoto. I went to the shop to check, but they didn't have this dim sum."

Su Yixin has made it very clear.

Not to mention Tian Huilan, even Tian Zhiyao, who knew nothing about business, understood it.

"Yixin means that someone secretly sold the shop's recipe to the teahouse? Who is so bold?"

Tian Huilan: "Is there any need to ask who it is?"

Tian Zhiyao shook her head and looked at Tian Huilan: "Mom, no, my husband has worked for the Tian family for so many years, there is no reason for him not to know that the Tian family shop will be handed over to him in the future, why would he do such a thing?"

"You'll have to ask him about this!"

Tian Huilan said: "Although I am old, I am not so old that I can't move. I will never tolerate such a thing as you being so eager to take the Tian family as your own private property. I will give you an explanation for this matter."

Su Yixin nodded: "I came here to remind you." This must not be the first time he has done such a thing. The Tian family shop has branches all over the Song Dynasty. With so many shops, just selling a few recipes can earn a lot of money.

But it seems to be just a matter of a few recipes. Over time, the Tian family shop's reputation gradually became less effective.

As the saying goes, a thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole. Sometimes this huge thing can collapse at any time.

After Su Yixin left the Tian family, she did not return to Kyoto immediately. Instead, she went back to the Su residence, looked through the account books of recent years, bought some delicacies from Dengfeng, and then returned to Beijing.

When we returned to Beijing, the sun had not yet set.

When he was at the mansion gate, he saw Gu Qingjue coming back from outside. He was wearing casual clothes and his face did not look very good. He smiled after seeing Su Yixin.

"not in a good mood?"

"Okay, it will be fine soon." Gu Qingjue led Su Yixin in.

Su Yixin was wondering why Gu Qingjue was unhappy.

Gu Yanheng had already passed the imperial examination, ranking seventh in the first class, which was considered a good result. He was originally going to be sent to another place to serve as an official, but Gu Yanheng himself wanted to take the imperial examination again.

When asked for their opinions, Gu Qingjue also agreed.

At that time, Su Shizhan first passed the imperial examination, then took the special examination, and was finally awarded the rank of Dali judge, an eighth-rank official.

It shouldn't be my son's business.

Is that what Xiaoxiao is about?
Xiaoxiao will be returning to the sect with her senior brother in two days, so there is nothing to worry about.

If you can’t figure it out, then don’t think about it.

Back in the room, Su Yixin hugged Gu Qingjue's arm and pulled him to sit at the table: "Tell me, what happened when you went out just now that made you, a smiling tiger, look so ugly."

Gu Qingjue held her hand in his backhand: "Yixin, do you still remember Leng Ziping?"

Leng Ziping...

"Is it Leng Zhongyan's youngest daughter?"

I saw him once at a palace banquet. Since he looked so much like me, it was hard not to pay attention to him.

"what happened?"

"Her biological mother is more like you!"

Gu Qingjue spoke these eight words word by word, veins bulging in his arms, as if he was trying hard to suppress his anger.

It was these simple eight words that Su Yixin understood.

Leng Zhongyan liked me, so he found a substitute and hid him in the backyard. For so many years, even Gu Qingjue and Bai Chengnan, my childhood playmates who had known each other since the academy, didn't know about it.

If Leng Ziping hadn’t shown up at the last palace banquet, they might not have known about it until they died.

If you think about it carefully, it really makes people feel uncomfortable.

But twenty or thirty years have passed, and apart from this incident, Leng Zhongyan has not caused any trouble to the couple.

"You just went to see Leng Zhongyan. What did he say?"

Gu Qingjue: "He said that if we weren't engaged, he wouldn't be able to help himself!"

At that time, Leng Zhongyan was a high-ranking official and the legitimate son of Jiedushi Leng Jiqing. His status was indeed noble.

But he still managed to hold his bottom line and did not destroy the friendship.

There was no destruction, but a substitute was found in a place no one knew about. How can people evaluate this?

"After the palace banquet, I asked Sanqi to investigate, but the woman's identity had long been erased by him, and there was no clue at all."

However, when he just came out of the palace today, Yang was waiting beside his carriage. Without waiting for Gu Qingjue to speak, she told him everything that had happened in the Leng family's backyard over the years.