Liu Yu and his wife went upstairs. The woman who was talking to Hu Xuan and Li Mi nodded slightly, allowing them to sit down. Sui Yi couldn't wait to ask: "Miss Lan, I wonder what is the best introduction today?"

The woman didn't say anything, Liu Yu leaned over and asked Sui Yi in a low voice, "Didn't you say a banquet? Could it be that we can use calligraphy and paintings to satisfy our hunger?"

The woman next to her had a very good ear. Even though Liu Yu was very quiet, she still heard it. She covered her mouth and smiled: "This young man is so funny. You can come to see the calligraphy and paintings. How can you eat to satisfy your hunger? Although we don't have wine, fish and meat here, we still have vegetarian dishes to relieve hunger."

"Zhaicai?" Liu Yu frowned slightly. Sui Yi was fascinated by the alternative beauty here, so he asked him to come and be a monk.

Think about it, this Yashe is similar to the monk temple, half of which are monks and half nuns. You can only see but not touch them.

Sui Yi smiled and said, "Brother Liu, it's okay, the vegetarian dishes here can taste the meat."

Liu Yu saw the expressions of Sui Yi, Li Mi and Hu Xuan. It should not be the first time he came here. He was filled with joy. Although there was no wine, fish and meat here, it was extremely corrupt. Liu Yu had never heard of such a place for young men and women to meet each other in Chang'an City. Looking at the tables of men and women in front of the desk downstairs, it seemed that they did not shy away from men and women, and they all seemed to regard this place as a marriage agency.

"I said, you don't seem to be here to treat me to a meal. What's going on?" Looking around the audience, Liu Yu took his eyes back and looked at the three people who were working as the club today.

Sui Yi smiled and looked secretive. Hu Xuan, who was standing aside, explained: "Brother Liu, you don't know. Brother Sui and Brother Li have been running here these days, saying that it is to see who can win the favor of Miss Lan first. She is one of the three bosses of Yashe."

Seeing that Sui Yi and Li Mi had a look of shame on their faces, Liu Yu smiled and said, "The drunkard's intention is not about drinking, but the feelings are about the boss here. Tell me, where has it been progressed?"

Speaking of which, Sui Yi and Li Mi are also old. Li Mi is almost twenty-five years old and still unmarried, mainly because he is not successful at home and no one will do it for him. Although Sui Yi has a wealthy family, his grandfather always feels that his grandson cannot be stable and he looks down on the wife he chose. When he is stable, he wants to start a family and establish a house. It is human nature.

Sui Yi smiled but said nothing, but Li Mi said, "Don't listen to this boy Hu Xuan, I'm just here to join in the fun. A gentleman doesn't win people's favor, let alone a woman Shuda likes."

Liu Yu understood Li Mi's meaning, and his feelings were all about Sui Yi's desire to be beautiful, and the other two were to accompany him to meet his lover. Although Miss Lan was wearing men's clothing before, Liu Yu could also tell from his behavior and expression that he was a lady with a good appearance. Speaking of which wealthy families surnamed Lan in Chang'an City, Liu Yu thought about it, but he couldn't think of which lady he was.

"Miss Lan, is it from the Lan family in the east of the city?" Liu Yu asked.

Sui Yi nodded quickly: "That's right, her grandfather is the former Secretary Ling Lanhe, and his uncle is still working under your command of Brother Liu."

The Secretariat Ling was equivalent to the prime minister in the current dynasty. Speaking of which, Lan He was also an important official in the dynasty, but he was dismissed from office and was unemployed at home recently when he was involved in the case of Xu Han's rebellion. Lan He's second son Lan Jing was the right commander of the Imperial Army promoted by Liu Yuxin, and he was also an acquaintance.

Liu Yu couldn't understand why Miss Lan came from a famous family and was beautiful, but was not among the candidates for the new imperial concubine. It turned out that it was because of her grandfather Lan He and her former right prime minister Xu Han. After the former emperor appointed Yuan Bolang as right prime minister, he cleaned up some officials in the six-tai yamen in the court. Lan He might have had a conflict with Yuan Bolang because of this.

"Then I'll go and talk to Commander Lan You to see if he can talk to your family for you and make this marriage successful."

Originally, the lady of the Lan family was close to Sui Yi, but Sui Yi was still worried about it. When he heard Liu Yu's words, Sui Yi's eyes were almost glaring out and he hurriedly thanked him. Lan Jing and Liu Yu had a different relationship with him. With this relationship, it would be much easier to get married.

When the vegetarian dishes were served, it was indeed as Sui Yi said. Although they were all ordinary vegetarian dishes, they tasted like chewing meat. Even Liu Yu couldn't figure out whether to eat meat or vegetarian food.

"How is it?" Sui Yi looked at Liu Yu and Xu Xuanzhu with a smile, "Brother Liu, sister-in-law, are you wrong to introduce me?"

Liu Yu put down his chopsticks, drank a cup of tea and said with a smile: "No wonder you don't even take care of your own business. The vegetarian dishes here are really extraordinary. I doubt, is this made of meat?"

"No." Sui Yi said proudly, "You will know when you go to the kitchen and take a look. This is Miss Lan's craftsmanship. Only she can make such exquisite vegetarian dishes. You said that such a daughter with both talent and beauty, and such good cooking skills, who doesn't like it?"

Perhaps Sui Yi was so proud that Liu Yu looked at Xu Xuanzhu again, and her face looked a little embarrassed. After all, her cooking skills were limited to being able to light up her own kitchen, and Liu Yu never let her go to the stove again.

"Eat your food without any absolutes." Liu Yu posted a message and suddenly asked, "You said there are three owners here, who are the other two?"

Sui Yi thought for a while and said, "I don't know who there is, but you can know this big boss of Yashe, who is the lady of the Qu family, and it seems that she is also working in the palace."

Liu Yu was stunned, Qu Ning?

He immediately understood, no wonder that it seems that it is necessary to "liberate women" everywhere here. Only feminists like Qu Ning can come out. These ladies should also be infected by her customs. Women are not inferior to men, but now women are better than men.

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As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching August 15th, the situation in Chang'an City is gradually stabilizing. Because this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is the national funeral, all banquets and celebrations will be cancelled, so this reunion festival is not as lively as usual.

The First Emperor was in great destruction and the New Emperor ascended the throne. The edicts sent to the vassal areas have been delivered. They were summoned twice a year, and the vassal kings and vassal lords will also enter Chang'an City again. It is hard to say whether the vassal kings will obey the imperial edict now. The recognition of the new emperor is originally a weight for the lords of those places with great power. If the court cannot give them enough benefits, they can completely act as if they do not obey the imperial edict.

What Liu Yu was most worried about was King Huai’s attitude.

The situation in Guanzhong is now extremely bad. The soldiers are basically stationed in the border to deal with the Turks' repeated invasions. Guanzhong is also in a severe drought without water and food, and it is a thousand miles away from the land. This is the best time for the King of Huai to rebel. Liu Yu felt that if he was King of Huai, he would not have missed such an excellent opportunity.

It is best to use political means to solve the threat of the Huai King to the court, but if it fails, it can only be put into force. In terms of strength, although the strength of the court is above the Huai King, the court must be responsible for the stability of a country after all. The comparison of the troops in the hands of the new emperor Su Yan and the military strength of the Huai King is obviously at a disadvantage.

Liu Yu therefore attached more importance to the establishment of the new army and the development of new weapons. When he was fine, he would go to the Weapons Research Institute of the Ministry of Works and stayed there all day.

Sui Yi's favor for Miss Lan's family, Liu Yu also told Lan Jing, hoping that he could help him to make peace. But after a few days, Lan Jing seemed to be intentionally avoiding Liu Yu, and this matter seemed to be impossible. On August 14th, the four old friends gathered again, but this time they were not in Yashe, but in Yuelaiju, Sui Yi's own restaurant.

"What's wrong? Depressed?"

As soon as he saw Sui Yi, he felt that he had been beaten with frost and was depressed.

Sui Yi sighed without saying a word, while Hu Xuan, who was standing beside him, explained: "It's not the Lan family. He disliked Brother Sui as a merchant and directly refused the marriage. We didn't dare to go to Yashe again, so as not to be embarrassed in front of Miss Lan."

Liu Yu nodded and expressed his understanding. In fact, he also understood that the Lan family disliked Sui Yi not only because of his background, but also because there were many court officials from merchants. Many wealthy families also operated some businesses more or less. The Lan family felt that Sui Yi was not knowledgeable and was not from the imperial examination field. To put it bluntly, he was a relative. Moreover, his backer Liu Yu was still a military general who held military power and even had some arbitrary power.

The Lan family disliked Sui Yi's origin, which was equivalent to hating him Liu Yu. Originally, Liu Yu wanted to use the marriage between Sui Yi and Miss Lan to achieve the goal of getting close to the civil officials, and Lan He, the head of the Lan family, was listed by him as one of the new left prime ministers because of this marriage. After all, Liu Yu could not find the civil officials who could compete with Yuan Bolang in the court and divide the power and prestige in the ministers, and could not find them by his side.

Liu Yu comforted, "It would be better if I go to Lan Mansion to propose marriage to you in person. I don't believe that the Lan family will be ungrateful and turn me away."

Sui Yi said in a difficult situation: "Brother Liu, I think you don't go, the Lan family is very arrogant. I wanted to visit me the day before yesterday, but before I entered the door, I was turned away. Lan He found a guest and said that the Lan family never accepts merchants. With such a grandfather, I would rather give up on Miss Lan."

Sui Yi's generousness made Liu Yu feel that this matter was unlucky. A good political marriage was destroyed by Lan He's literati's pride. Liu Yu even felt revenge. But thinking that Lan He's son Lan Jing was quite helpful to him, the years of revenge flashed by. But he still found Lan Jing and wanted to ask the matter clearly.

"My father... he disagreed. Despite repeated persuasion with his brother, his father was still unmoved." Lan Jing said embarrassedly in the face of Liu Yu.

As the right commander of the Imperial Guard, Lan Jing naturally knew that offending the president, and even the end of the emperor's most trusted person. Now the entire Lan family was not implicated because of Xu Han's case. If he was dismissed again, the entire Lan family's power in Chang'an City would collapse.

Liu Yu nodded. Not only Lan Jing, but also Miss Lan's father also supported the marriage, leaving only Lan and this hindrance.

Liu Yu sighed: "These few days, the emperor is worried about the newly appointed Left Prime Minister. Originally, Ling Zun was the first candidate, but now...ah!"

The words were already very clear, but Lan Jing was shocked when she heard this and said that she would persuade her father when she went back.

Therefore, Liu Yu had lost his favor to Lanhe. If Lanhe really woke up, he would only regard the old stubbornness as a pawn to balance power. But what he did not expect was that the next day, at noon on August 15, Liu Yu was having lunch at home when he saw Lu Chuer rushing into the inner hall like a rabbit and said, "Son-in-law, there is an old man named Lan outside, who is apologizing with his two sons. Otherwise, you go out and have a look?"

Liu Yu smiled bitterly, it seemed that the pride of literati was nonsense in the face of political interests. (To be continued. Please search for Piaotianwen, novels are better, updated and faster!)
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