Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Princess Jianing had not left yet and was watching everyone busy in the backyard. Li Yu went over and reminded her that someone might talk about what happened tonight.

Princess Jianing frowned and said, "I don't want to be talked about together with Pei Er."

Pei Er is just a playboy, always at the bottom of the Imperial College, and she despises him!

And if other people knew that she and Pei Er had quarreled because of Xie Youlan, Xie Youlan's reputation would be better.

"No, we have to find a way to stop these people from talking!" She said firmly, "I'm going to go out and tell them to shut up now and not mention what happened today."

Nanny Tian, ​​who was standing aside and listening, immediately stopped her and said, "Princess, no, this will damage your reputation."

The people in the capital are open-minded. As long as they don't talk nonsense or deliberately slander, ordinary people can talk about the affairs of high-ranking officials. This is allowed by the current emperor. He feels that this can narrow the distance between the people and officials and make management more convenient.

If the princess went out to obstruct, at the very least, she would be arrogant and domineering, and at the most, she would be going against the emperor. Why would she not allow something that the emperor allowed?

Princess Jianing was stunned for a moment, then stamped her feet in anger: "It's all Pei Er's fault!"

Li Yu said: "It has already happened. What we need to do now is to cover up what happened today. Princess, I have a way that may work."

Princess Jianing's eyes lit up, "Tell me what you think."

Li Yu lowered his eyelashes and said, "We want to confuse people. In other words, we need to create a few similar false statements that are not worth mentioning. When we hear people discussing it in the market, we throw out these false statements so that people can't tell which one is true and which one is false."

By that time, the true and the false will be mixed together, and everyone will just treat it as an ordinary thing.

Princess Jianing hesitated: "...Is this feasible?"

Nanny Tian: "I think we can give it a try."

*

So, in the next two or three days, when some people in the market said, "Princess Jianing and Mr. Pei had a quarrel in the restaurant yesterday because of the eldest daughter of the Xie family," other remarks appeared.

"Princess Jianing and Second Master Pei quarreled over the eldest daughter of the Xie family? I heard it was because of schoolwork. It seemed that Second Master Pei made a typo while eating hot pot, and Princess Jianing went to correct him."

Not long after he finished speaking, someone else objected, "You are all wrong. It's not because of the eldest daughter of the Xie family, nor because of a typo. The two of them didn't quarrel at all. They just liked the shabu-shabu mutton from the Li Ji Hotpot Restaurant and were talking to each other."

"You're also wrong. It's not about the shabu-shabu mutton, it's about the shabu-shabu beef. I was there at the time, so you should listen to me!"

"It is indeed shabu-shabu beef. Not only do Princess Jianing and Second Master Pei think it is delicious, I also like to eat it. It's just that the beef is a bit expensive. I can only eat it once or twice a month."

"I think the crispy pork with hot pot is delicious. I don't know how the crispy pork is cooked, but it's delicious even without hot pot. It's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and tastes great!"

"How can the food recommended by Wei Jijiu not be delicious? Maybe you don't know this, but this restaurant just opened a few days ago, and Lord Wei from the Imperial College went there to eat. That afternoon, he recommended it to everyone in the Imperial College. My brother is a guard at the Imperial College, and he told me everything."

Finally, the propaganda about Wei Jijiu was not spread by Li Yu, but was purely spontaneous by the people, but the effect was more significant.

*

On the fifth day after the new store opened, which was also the third day after the conflict between Princess Jianing and Pei Er, many keywords such as "hot pot", "Li Ji Hot Pot Restaurant", "shabu-shabu beef", and "shabu-shabu mutton" became the topic of conversation for many people after dinner.

"Li Ji Hotpot Restaurant, why haven't I heard of it before? Is it newly opened?"

"It's newly opened, right on Taiping Street. Oh, you don't know, that street used to be deserted. I just passed by and saw that there were a lot of people!"

"It looks really delicious. I have to go try it. By the way, is the food there expensive?"

"It's not expensive, it's about the same as an ordinary restaurant. If you don't want to spend money, order less, if you have money, buy more. But to be honest, the food here is worth a try." A commoner who has eaten there said, "When I went there that day, there were many young rich men eating there."

*

In the inner city of the capital, many people were also discussing this.

The information transmitted was true and false. The only thing that was certain was that Princess Jianing, Pei Er, and Wei Hesong all went to the Li Ji Hot Pot Restaurant, and Wei Hesong spoke highly of this restaurant.

There hasn't been anything delicious in the capital lately, and since Wei Hesong recommended it, they have to go and try it.

*

The Ministry of Justice had a case today, and the eldest son of the Pei family, as the Minister of Justice, left a little late.

Before I even entered the house, I saw my younger brother sneaking out.

Master Pei narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "It's already evening, where are you going instead of having a good meal at home?"

When Mr. Pei saw his elder brother, he felt pain in his hands and back.

After returning from Li Ji Hotpot Restaurant that day, the eldest brother not only whipped him three times, but also punished him to copy books, so that he had no time to talk to Lin San and others in the Imperial College.

I finally finished copying the book and was about to go out for some hotpot when I ran into my eldest brother.

Mr. Pei was grinning in his heart, but he looked very calm. "Jiang Xu is looking for me, I have to go out for a while."

Only then did Master Pei realize that there was a carriage parked on the other side of their doorstep.

Frowning, he said, "If you're going to eat hotpot, don't go. The private room was fully booked at noon, so there's no room left."

Mr. Pei was surprised: "How do you know?"

Master Pei said expressionlessly, "Of course someone from the Ministry of Justice tried to book a private room but failed."

Mr. Pei: "Then I won't go to the hot pot restaurant."

"Since you don't want to go, then come home with me." Master Pei grabbed his arm and dragged him home, "You are not allowed to go out today!"

Second Master Pei: "..."

*

Li Ji Hotpot Restaurant.

Li Yu came down from upstairs, walked outside and looked around, and found that there were still about ten or twenty people waiting.

It was already the end of November and the weather was cold, so she thought for a moment and asked the waiter to bring some hot tea to distribute to them.

Since last night, the store's customer traffic has doubled, and even more today.

For example, the private rooms upstairs were all booked within 25 minutes of opening. Some were booked for the day, some for the night, and she had to make a special table to sort out the order.

Not to mention the seats in the lobby downstairs, as one wave of customers came after another, they were unable to close for an hour as planned in the afternoon.

Fortunately, there weren’t so many people in the afternoon, and everyone took turns eating and taking a break.

*

"Boss Li, this trick of yours is really great!" Nanny Tian's smile towards Li Yu became more and more sincere.

She was a little worried about the princess' quarrel. She was afraid that the princess would scold her, and even more afraid that the prince would blame her.

But Boss Li solved the problem by just making up a few words.

The princess's reputation has not only not gotten worse, but is actually better than before.

And because words related to hot pot restaurants were added in the conversation, the hot pot restaurant business also became booming.

The princess didn't know how happy she was.

Li Yu smiled at her, "It was mainly done by the princess."

Those words were her thoughts, but the deeds were done by the people in the palace. They mingled among the common people without making a sound, and interrupted the discussions as they heard them. Gradually, everyone felt that the quarrel between Princess Jianing and Young Master Pei was nonsense.

Nanny Tian wanted to say a few more words, but she saw someone standing at the lobby door out of the corner of her eye and immediately put away her smile.