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

It was Qingbi who called Li Yu. She took Li Yu out of her seat and said, "The Crown Princess heard about you from the Princess and wants to talk to you."

Li Yu subconsciously looked towards the Crown Princess.

The Crown Princess was a few years older than her. She wore a goose yellow palace dress with a lotus-shaped flower ornament between her eyebrows, looking gentle and generous.

At this moment, she was talking to Princess Jianing, and both of them had smiles on their faces.

Steadying his heartbeat, Li Yu nodded and followed Qingbi away.

*

At the banquet, the ladies of each family were paying attention to the movements around them. When Li Yu and Qingbi left, everyone's eyes were instantly on them.

After a day, some people had recognized Li Yu. Seeing her standing next to the Crown Princess with a faint smile on her face, they couldn't help but murmur.

"Princess Jianing brought all these business people with her. It seems that she values ​​her very much."

"More than that, I heard that the princess considers her a good friend and often supports her."

"But this guy is really good at cooking. The new crispy sausages from the barbecue restaurant are the most delicious. Our Xiaolin asks the servants to go out and buy them for him every day."

"That's true. I like eating mushroom hotpot. The soup is delicious and it helps to keep away the cold in winter."

"In fact, she is a capable person. Even if she doesn't have the title of Princess, she won't be too bad."

"I believe you."

*

at this time.

Li Yu bowed slightly and answered the Crown Princess' question about "whether she can make snacks".

"Of course, my cooking skills cannot compare to those of the imperial chefs in the palace, but I know how to make snacks."

The Crown Princess and Princess Jianing looked at each other and said, "When I return from the temporary palace this time, I will find a time and ask you to go to the East Palace to teach me how to make two dishes."

She actually wants to learn how to make snacks?

Li Yu looked at Princess Jianing.

Princess Jianing nodded.

Li Yu smiled slightly. "It is my honor to work for the Crown Princess. Whenever the Crown Princess wants to learn, she can send someone to find me. I will rush to the East Palace as soon as possible."

The Crown Princess was very satisfied with her attitude. She waved her hand, and immediately a palace maid carrying a wooden box came to Li Yu's side.

"Inside this is a set of headgear. I have never worn it before. Now I am giving it to you as a gift. I hope you don't despise it."

For the royal family, giving rewards was as simple as having a meal. Li Yu did not hesitate and took it with a smile.

*

After they finished talking, the queen was about to arrive, so Qingbi immediately led Li Yu back to his seat.

However, just as he sat down, the queen arrived.

Then he immediately stood up and saluted the queen.

This was not a good thing in ancient times. People of lower status had to perform formalities whenever they met people of higher status, which was really tiring.

Li Yu thought to himself, and after hearing the Queen say no need to be polite, he sat down with everyone.

*

The queen was a middle-aged woman in her forties. She was not very pretty, but dignified enough. Her eyes and eyebrows showed the majesty of a superior, but within that majesty there was also the gentleness and softness that belonged to a woman.

She looked at everyone and gave a brief pre-banquet speech. After that, the servants served the dishes and the banquet began.

There is a performance tonight, and since all the people present are women, the performers will also be women.

The first performance was a dance, the second was two women singing, and the third was a group of girls dancing with wooden swords.

Among the three programs, Li Yu liked sword dancing the most. He was not in a hurry to have dinner and focused on watching the performance.

Soon, the show ended and some noble ladies took the initiative to come forward to perform.

The youngest daughter of the Taifu was an expert at calligraphy, so she performed a writing performance.

Xie Youlan plays the piano, the sound of the piano is so clear that it makes people forget the world.

The daughter of the Minister of Works played the flute, and the sound was melodious and most pleasant to the ear.

There was also the daughter of the governor of Dongping prefecture. She performed a dance that must have been practiced very hard, for when she turned around she looked like a fairy concubine.

......

A dozen noble ladies came forward one after another, and by the time the last one finished, more than half an hour had passed.

Li Yu put down his chopsticks, wondering if it was time to end, when he suddenly heard someone say, "Princess Jianing seems to have brought a friend with her today. I wonder if her friend can perform for us?"

She looked in the direction of the voice and saw the Third Prince's wife sitting in front of her looking at her with a smile.

The Third Prince and the Crown Prince are not from the same mother, and they have never gotten along, and Prince An's Mansion favors the Crown Prince, so the Third Prince's wife wants to embarrass her, and thereby embarrass Princess Jianing and the Crown Princess and the Queen who are related to her.

*

Li Yu adjusted the curve of his lips and was about to stand up to speak, but Princess Jianing stood up first.

"Third sister-in-law, I brought my friend here today to have fun, not to let her perform."

The Third Prince's wife cried out, and covered her handkerchief with her hands while laughing, "Jianing, what are you talking about? I was just asking, I didn't say that she had to perform."

"You are the prince's consort, and she is an ordinary citizen. How could she reject you?" Princess Jianing said dissatisfiedly, "You are just trying to embarrass my friend on purpose."

The Third Prince's wife kept smiling, "Jianing, I didn't mean that, but since you said so, I won't let her do anything."

As she spoke, she looked at Li Yu, her eyes full of undisguised contempt: "The princess has spoken for you, so you better not come out. But I really didn't expect that Jianing would choose someone like you as a friend. People like you..."

She didn't say the rest of the words, but she knew it wasn't something nice.

*

With a smile on her face, Li Yu stood up and bowed to Princess Jianing. "Thank you for speaking for me. I am grateful to be your friend, so I prepared a performance. Would you like to watch it?"

Princess Jianing: "......"

She looked at the Queen and the Crown Princess, and seeing that their expressions were normal, she trotted over to Li Yu.

"Are you really going to perform?"

Li Yu said: "I can perform acrobatics."

Princess Jianing: "Various arts?"

Li Yu: "It's a kind of folk acrobatics that I learned by chance. It's very simple and I can do it by myself."

Princess Jianing thought for a moment and said, "Then just do it. Don't be afraid of anything. I'm here. Even if you can't do it well, nothing will happen to you."

Li Yu nodded.

*

The two of them were mumbling to each other, and the Third Prince's wife started to act up again, "Jianing, is your friend still performing? It's getting late, and if she doesn't move, the Queen Mother should let everyone go."

Princess Jianing glanced at her coldly and said, "Perform, of course you have to perform."

After that, she asked Li Yu what he wanted.

Li Yu said, "Just a copper coin will do." She originally had some money with her, but when she changed her clothes before the banquet, she forgot her purse in the house.

Princess Jianing immediately asked someone to bring some copper coins.

When the Third Prince's wife heard Li Yu asking for copper coins, she sneered. What a lowly person who can't even get on the stage, asking for copper coins during a performance, how embarrassing!

Li Yu pretended not to hear. After the copper coins were brought up, he took a few steps forward and stood still.

In modern times, there was a time when she particularly enjoyed watching analysis of magic shows, and she even tried to do it herself.

Now, she planned to perform her most skilled "coin" disappearing technique.

This is one of the simplest magic tricks, but very impressive when done well.

*

Li Yu raised the copper coin to show everyone, and said: "This copper coin is in my left hand now, and I will make it disappear out of thin air later."