The all-round coser bravely challenges the female supremacy!

"Master, the emperor has sent someone to invite you." A gentle and elegant woman in white walked in from outside the door.

When Guo Niansu saw the newcomer, she nodded gently and said calmly, "I see." Then she introduced Su Yu in a friendly manner, "Yu'er, this is your senior sister, Pei Ning."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu stood up, nodded, and greeted Pei Ning, "Hello, Senior Sister Pei."

Pei Ning smiled and replied, "This must be Junior Sister Su, right? I've heard Master and Uncle praise you for a long time, and seeing you today, I can see you're truly worthy of your reputation. You're a truly graceful lady."

Before Su Yu could exchange pleasantries with Pei Ning, Guo Niansu, who was reluctant to keep the emperor's people waiting, stood up after the two of them had said hello.

"I originally wanted to invite Yu'er to have lunch with me today, but it seems that it's too late. Ning'er happened to be here, so you can accompany your junior sister to eat out on my behalf, and take her to familiarize herself with the capital."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu and Pei Ning bowed to Guo Niansu and watched her leave.

Beijing, private room on the second floor of Fengze Building.

Pei Ning was leisurely making tea, while Su Yu slowly paced and admired the layout of the private room.

After brewing the tea, Pei Ning was about to call Su Yu over to taste the tea, but when he looked up, he saw Su Yu leaning against the window and looking downstairs, his eyes were momentarily dazed.

Su Yu's leisurely posture was strangely similar to her younger brother. Pei Yu quickly shook off the wild thoughts in his mind and called out to Su Yu,

"The tea is ready, Junior Sister Su, come over and have a taste."

Su Yu walked towards Pei Ning after hearing this and said, "Senior Sister Pei's cooking skills, I must try them."

Pei Ning smiled as she watched Su Yu pick up the tea she brewed and sip it carefully. "My skills are naturally not as good as the master's. It's hard for you to drink my tea right after tasting the master's."

Su Yu put down the teacup in her hand and said with a smile, "Senior Sister Pei is too modest. The teas you and Uncle Guo brew each have their own unique flavors. There's no question of who can compare."

Pei Ning was amused by Su Yu's words, which no one wanted to offend. "Junior Sister Su is a wonderful person. Oh, by the way, do you know why I brought you to Fengze Tower for dinner?"

"This... is there any special explanation?" Su Yu asked with some confusion.

Seeing Su Yu like this, Pei Ning smiled and introduced, "There's no special explanation, but Fengzelou claims that if you eat their food, it will be easier to win!

As long as the candidates who came to Beijing for the imperial examinations were not from extremely poor families, they would always have a meal at Fengze Tower. I'm going to take you here to experience the atmosphere."

Su Yu was a little surprised. "I didn't expect Fengzelou to be so good at publicity. With so many people eating at their restaurant, there must be some who win the prize. If they invite them back for dinner, wouldn't that be a great publicity stunt for their restaurant?"

Pei Ning looked at Su Yu with admiration, "I didn't expect Junior Sister Su to be so quick-witted. This Fengze Restaurant is not only that, but it also offers many dishes with interesting names. When the waiter comes up later, let her tell you the names of the dishes."

Looking at Pei Ning's cunning look, Su Yu knew without even looking that the dish must have been named with some auspicious words.

Although she had guessed it long ago, when the waiter brought the dishes and announced the names, Su Yu found that she still underestimated the names of these dishes.

I originally thought it would be some euphemistic and auspicious dish names like "Step by Step to Promote" and "Wensi Tofu", but who knew that the names were so crude and straightforward.

What about getting a name on the gold list, taking the top spot, getting three consecutive top prizes, or being the top scholar?

Su Yu was so amused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "The layout of this restaurant is completely different from the names of the dishes. The layout is so elegant, but the names of the dishes are..."

Pei Ning looked at Su Yu's speechless expression and laughed freely. Although the names of the dishes in Fengze Tower were more arrogant than each other, the taste was actually quite good. The two chatted during the meal and their relationship became much closer.

At the same time, in the imperial palace, in the imperial study.

The empress, who exuded majesty without even getting angry, was flipping through the memorials in her hands. Guo Niansu stood in front of the desk and bowed to her.

"No need to be polite, Master Guo."

Guo Niansu straightened up upon hearing this. "I wonder what is the urgent matter that Your Majesty has summoned me to the palace for?"

The empress chuckled at the words, destroying the solemn atmosphere. She put down the memorial in her hand and looked at Guo Niansu with a smile.

"Taifu, you're also good at joking with me. Calling you into the palace at this time, Taifu, do you really not know what I mean?"

Seeing the Queen's straightforwardness, Guo Niansu stopped beating around the bush. "Your Majesty shouldn't be so impatient to summon me into the palace. This is truly too impatient!"

The Queen's mouth twitched when she heard this, "Master!"

Guo Niansu looked at the empress with disapproval, "Your Majesty, even if you are curious about Su Yu, you should have waited for me to come to the palace and report it myself. It is really inappropriate to summon me to the palace so hastily."

The empress looked at Guo Niansu helplessly, "Alright, Grand Tutor, I didn't summon you into the palace to listen to your lectures. I'm no longer at the age to listen to your lectures. Let's talk about Su Yu!"

Upon hearing this, Guo Niansu had to stop preaching for the time being. After all, His Majesty had grown up and was no longer the princess who followed her and could preach at will.

After hearing Guo Niansu's evaluation of Su Yu, the empress felt a little jealous. She thought back to when she was teaching under the Grand Tutor, she had never seen her be so kind to her. "Grand Tutor seems to have a very high opinion of Su Yu."

Guo Niansu shook his head upon hearing this. "It's not that I think highly of her, but Yu'er is a very good child."

The Queen felt even more upset after hearing this. "Alright, then I'll wait and see what kind of person the good boy in the Master's heart really is."

Guo Niansu thought of Su Yu's graceful demeanor and said with a smile, "I will definitely not let His Majesty down!"

The queen pursed her lips, but didn't say anything jealous.

What a joke! How old is she? She's an emperor, and she can still argue with a child. She can still compete with a half-grown child for the position in the teacher's mind? Impossible!

……

Although she had close friends in the capital, Su Yu still knew her situation. The most important thing for her at this stage was the imperial examination.

So after visiting Master Guo, she entered a state of turning a deaf ear to the outside world and focusing on reading the books of sages. Little did she know that when people outside learned about her close relationship with Master Guo, there was almost an uproar.

The door of Su Yu's house was closed, and he was doing what he needed to do. If it weren't for some academic questions that needed Guo Niansu's answers, Su Yu would not go out.

However, seeing how hard Su Yu worked, Master Guo forced Pei Ning to roll up his sleeves as well.

Pei Ning felt distressed, and when she really couldn't roll it anymore, she took Su Yu out for a walk to relax, otherwise she would definitely be scolded by her master!

However, every time they go out, they are always secretly watched by people. If Pei Ning was not there, some blind people would probably get close to Su Yu and start a fight, which makes Su Yu even more impatient to go out.

Pei Ning made sure that no one would watch that day, so Su Yu followed her out.