Chapter 2215: Delayed Appointment of Officials
Chapter 2215: Chapter 2215: Delayed Appointment of Officials
This means that few people know about the change in the Second Prince’s place of imprisonment, likely only a few close to the Emperor.
However, although the Second Prince wasn’t rescued, the commotion caused by those attempting the jailbreak was quite significant, resulting in casualties on both sides, and nearly involving the common people.
Thus, the Qionglin Banquet was abruptly interrupted halfway through, with the Emperor leaving, and the banquet ending hastily.
Shu Yu was curious, "In that case, the Emperor will be quite busy next, won’t he? The official appointments..."
Meng Yunzheng nodded, "It is likely to be delayed."
Nonetheless, this doesn’t matter much, as the impact on them isn’t significant.
"The most important thing now is that Lu’s is opening in two days, is everything ready?"
Shu Yu replied, "Apart from the staff on the second floor not yet found, everything else is fine."
After all, the decision to make the second floor into a tea house was just made two days ago; with so many things happening these days, I haven’t had the chance.
Moreover, the staff for the first and second floors are different. The primary clientele on the second floor are scholars and educated people, so the staff at least need to be literate. Although not required to be highly skilled, they should at least be able to recognize some words, otherwise it would be troublesome if they can’t understand any requests from the customers.
"There’s no rush; since the tea house just opened, the number of guests will be manageable, and I can help you with the reception then."
Shu Yu laughed at him, "You are a dignified Master Top Scorer."
"So what? This is our family’s Yu’s shop; it’s quite normal for me, as the boss’s son-in-law, to host guests, isn’t it?"
Shu Yu thought about it and agreed; she’s a county magistrate, after all. She needs to personally attend to her family’s shop as well.
With Meng Yunzheng backing her up, Shu Yu felt much more at ease.
She had initially planned to find the staff for the second floor after the opening, but unexpectedly, the staff came to her the next day.
Shu Yu and her family were staying at a rented residence; all their luggage from the little courtyard south of the city had been moved over. Ying Xi and Xia Yan, who had gone to retrieve the luggage, said that the people originally gathered outside had dispersed. This was likely due to the jailbreak incident causing such a stir, leading to heightened vigilance in the city, prompting them to leave to avoid further complications.
However, they still didn’t plan to return to the little courtyard south of the city. Since they’re not living there, Aunt Feng, who assisted with cooking and laundry, had also arrived earlier at the shop, just in time to get familiarized.
With no one at the little courtyard south of the city, Aunt Hong, who was planning to deliver vegetables there today, was left empty-handed.
Seeing the place vacant, Aunt Hong was somewhat flustered, fearing that Little Song Le had left the Capital. Upon reflection, she remembered Lady Lu saying a shop was opening over on Futai Street in a couple of days.
So Aunt Hong went to find it, and luckily the shop wasn’t hard to locate. Since it was opening in two days, the shop wasn’t yet operating.
Along the entire Futai Street, only Lu’s Shop had its door half-open, although its signboard was covered with cloth.
Aunt Hong tentatively knocked on the door, and Daniu, who was busy inside, came out, "Auntie, who are you looking for?"
"Is this... is this Lady Lu’s family’s shop?" Aunt Hong asked a bit anxiously.
Daniu nodded, "Yes, this is Lu’s. How should I address you, Auntie?"
"You can call me Aunt Hong." Aunt Hong breathed a long sigh of relief and handed the basket in her hand towards him, "I’ve brought you some vegetables, all homegrown. Originally, I was going to deliver them to the little courtyard south of the city, but since no one is there, I came here to check."