The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Yan Song then took out fifty taels of silver as a gift to celebrate.

"Mr. Jiexi, you flatter me. This is just a small business. It is a great honor for you to be appointed as the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy. All the food and wine today will be on me as a way to celebrate your success."

Zhou Chu smiled.

"Okay, I'm relieved to hear that. Your restaurant is so luxurious, I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to afford it."

Yan Song said half-jokingly.

In fact, Yan Song was almost blinded by the various glass artifacts inside the restaurant before he even entered.

This is so luxurious.

Nowadays, even the cheapest glassware on the market costs over a thousand taels.

The slightly better ones, with more beautiful shapes, are even more ridiculously expensive.

But in Zhou Chu's restaurant, not to mention anything else, the elaborate glass lamps hanging from the ceiling alone, according to Yan Song's estimate, cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Who runs a restaurant like this?

Fortunately, Zhou Chu promised not to charge him for the meal, otherwise he would have really embarrassed himself.

His Yan family had long since fallen into decline.

Although I have some money now, I still have to tighten my belt in this expensive city.

At this time, other officials and their families who had come to show their support also arrived one after another, and they were all somewhat surprised to see Yan Song.

Many people know that this Lord Yan was a well-known upright official who was forced to resign ten years ago because he offended the powerful eunuch Liu Jin.

Now that it has been reinstated, it has become the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy.

Although the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy was a figure of integrity and held little real power, he still carried considerable weight in the hearts of the civil officials.

These days, many officials have been trying to cultivate a relationship with Yan Song, but they have all been sternly rejected by him.

Unexpectedly, this very same high-ranking official has also come to this restaurant.

This restaurant seems to have something special about it.

"Your Excellency, the Chief Minister."

Later officials all greeted Yan Song.

Yan Song couldn't very well slap someone who was smiling, so he responded accordingly.

At this moment, many officials' family members noticed the furnishings in the restaurant's lobby and were all amazed.

"How much does this glass lamp cost?"

A young lady from an official family stared at the lamps above, her eyes glued to them.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look, and what they saw made them all stare in disbelief.

Such a large and exquisitely intricate glass lamp must cost tens of thousands of taels of silver.

When everyone looked at other places, they were once again filled with amazement.

Only then did everyone notice that the lobby of the restaurant was filled with various glasswares.

Each one is more exquisite than the last.

These glass artifacts are all crystal clear and look exquisite.

It gives you the feeling of being in a dream.

"How much does it cost?"

An official said with a somewhat blank expression.

He had forgotten that he was mocking Minister Han just yesterday.

He wasn't the only one; many other officials reacted in the same way.

Just as everyone was captivated by the sight, the old man walked over, carrying a gourd of wine in his left hand and a scroll of painting in his right.

However, unlike his usual slovenly appearance, he had clearly taken great care of himself today.

Although his hair was still messy and his clothes were extremely casual.

"This is a gift for you, kid."

As he spoke, the old man casually tossed a painting to Zhou Chu.

Zhou Chu was afraid of dropping the painting on the ground, so he carefully took it.

"The Layman of Six Likenesses!"

Yan Song became much more energetic after seeing Tang Bohu.

"What? He's Tang Bohu?"

The others were even more excited than Yan Song when they heard this.

Even though he had already suspected it, Zhou Chu still felt a tremor in his heart when he heard others mention the name Tang Bohu.

Tang Bohu is an exceptionally brilliant figure, even within the five thousand years of Chinese history.

At the age of sixteen, Tang Bohu achieved the highest honors in all three levels of the imperial examinations, becoming famous overnight.

He later married a beautiful wife, and they lived happily ever after. Couldn't life be just like that?

But fate seemed to play a cruel joke on him. At the age of twenty-four, Tang Bohu's father, the pillar of the Tang family, passed away.