Chapter 227 Find something for the young marquis
Today is the first day that Chu's Restaurant opens, and Qianhuan feels that she cannot leave empty-handed.
So she took Yin Hua and the young marquis to the street to buy a statue of the God of Wealth, and then went straight to Zuixianju.
Master Chu, Chu Lan'er and Du Shaoqing arrived at the restaurant early in the morning.
After Chu Yichen arranged everything for the opening of the restaurant, he sat with his cousin and sister to drink tea and chat.
Chu Lan'er was sitting right in front of the restaurant's entrance. When she saw Qianhuan coming in, she immediately waved and shouted happily.
"Qianhuan, you're finally here."
Qianhuan smiled and nodded from a distance, "Well, Lan'er, Brother Lin'an, I came here to support you."
Chu Lan'er and Chu Yichen quickly stood up and walked to the door to greet her. When they got closer, they saw that Qianhuan was followed by a man dressed in noble attire and a servant.
Chu Lan'er recognized the man as the Young Marquis of Pingyang. She quickly bowed to Meng Yuanzhou and said, "I am Chu Lan'er, a commoner, and I pay my respects to the Young Marquis of Pingyang."
Meng Yuanzhou said casually, "Miss Lan'er, there's no need to be so polite."
Chu Lan'er quickly pulled her brother over and introduced him, "Brother, this is the eldest princess's son, the young Marquis of Pingyang."
Chu Yichen looked at the man in front of him. He was wearing an ice-blue, double-breasted, narrow-sleeved gown. The texture of the clothes was obviously of excellent quality.
His lapels and cuffs were embroidered with auspicious patterns of soaring clouds in royal blue silk thread. He held an exquisite folding fan in his hand, and his whole body exuded an innate nobility and elegance.
It turns out that this is the eldest princess's son that my sister mentioned, Qianhuan's latest suitor.
Lan'er came back a few days ago and warned herself to give up Qianhuan, because the young Marquis of Pingyang also had eyes for Qianhuan, and she was afraid she was no match for him.
At that time, Chu Yichen was still a little unconvinced. It was obvious that he and Qianhuan knew each other first, so why should he give up first just because this young marquis came in halfway?
Although he knew that his status was not as good as that of the young marquis, he felt that as long as Qianhuan was willing to marry him, he would definitely not give her less love than the young marquis.
Now that he had seen the young Marquis of Pingyang in person, even a man as handsome and wealthy as Chu Yichen could not help but feel a little ashamed of himself.
Chu Yichen clasped his fists and bowed, "I, Chu Yichen, pay my respects to the young Marquis of Pingyang."
"No gift."
Du Shaoqing also noticed the young marquis at this time, and he quickly stood up and came over to greet him.
Du Shaoqing's father was a sixth-rank official in the imperial court, a position that was neither small nor high in the capital. Meng Yuanzhou knew his father, Lord Du, but knew very little about Du Shaoqing.
But Du Shaoqing knew the young Marquis of Pingyang. After all, there was only one princess in the capital, and the young Marquis was not only the son of the princess, but also the little bully in the capital.
After they got to know each other, Qianhua gave the God of Wealth to Chu Yichen, "Brother Lin'an, this God of Wealth is for you. I wish you great wealth, a prosperous business, and a great start to your business!"
"Qianhuan, thank you. You and the young marquis can come in and sit down."
As he spoke, Chu Yichen led everyone to sit around a table. The waiter served tea to Qianhuan and the young marquis, and brought over some fruits and snacks.
There was still at least an hour left before lunch, and Qianhuan felt that just drinking tea was too boring.
She suggested, "Why don't we play poker together?"
Chu Lan'er immediately nodded in agreement, "Okay, okay, we have a lot of people today, so we can play poker."
Chu Yichen had played poker with Qianhuan before, and he also agreed.
Only Du Shaoqing and Meng Yuanzhou were confused. "What are playing cards? What are poker?"
Qianhuan explained, "Poker is a type of playing card, and fried golden flowers is one of the ways to play. I'll teach you how to play it later, and you'll know what it's all about."
Qianhuan then ordered Yinhua and Xing'er to make a deck of playing cards.
After the cards were made, Qianhuan began to teach Du Shaoqing and the young marquis how to recognize the cards. After that, Qianhuan taught them the rules of the game.
"There are 54 cards in total. Remove the jokers, and there are 52 cards left. There are five of us in total. We will give 3 cards to each person present. After placing bets, we will compare the size to see who wins. The largest single card is A, and the smallest is 2. The order of the cards is that leopard (three identical cards) is greater than straight flush, straight flush is greater than flush, flush is greater than straight, straight is greater than pair, pair is greater than single card; if the type and number of the cards are the same, then compare the suit, spades are greater than hearts, hearts are greater than clubs, and clubs are greater than diamonds. If both people have leopard, straight flush, flush, straight, or pair, then compare the number size; do you understand?"
Both of them seemed to understand, so Qianhuan simply said, "Let's try a few games first, and you will definitely understand it slowly."
So Yin Hua started to deal the cards, and they tried to play a few rounds. Du Shaoqing and the young marquis gradually understood how to play the game of fried golden flowers, but they were still not very proficient.
Qianhuan suggested again, "Since everyone knows how to play, let's start playing for real. Let's start betting this time."
No one had any objection, and after Yin Hua dealt the cards, everyone started placing bets.
At the beginning, Qianhuan and the Chu brothers and sisters relied on their familiarity with the rules and had a great advantage, winning a lot of money from Du Shaoqing and the young marquis.
Later on, Du Shaoqing and the young marquis slowly figured out the method, and they slowly won back a lot of their money.
Chu Yichen and Qianhuan had the best luck today, they both had leopards and straight flushes non-stop.
Chu Yichen was relatively calm after winning the money, but Qianhuan's eyes narrowed with smiles when she saw the increasing pile of silver in front of her desk.
She spread out her cards and said, "Excuse me, everyone. I have a leopard."
Chu Lan'er was fine at the beginning, but had the worst luck later on and lost a lot of money.
She said with some envy, "Qianhuan, you are so lucky, it's another leopard."
Qianhuan said as she collected the money, "There's nothing I can do. When luck comes, it can't be stopped."
"Come on, let's move on to the next one."
Several people in the restaurant were having a great time playing cards, but Leng Yu, who was secretly guarding outside the restaurant to protect Qianhuan, was a little depressed.
Leng Yu couldn't help but say to Leng Feng, "Leng Feng, our prince actually sent you and me to protect Miss Qian Huan. He must have fallen in love with her."
Leng Feng nodded, "Well, this is the first time that the prince has been so attentive to a woman. I guess he has fallen in love with her."
"The young marquis and Miss Qianhuan are shopping together and playing cards together. They are having so much fun. Shouldn't we report this to the prince immediately?"
"The prince only asked us to protect Miss Qianhuan, but he didn't ask us to report her whereabouts at any time."
Leng Yu complained, "You are such a blockhead. We secret guards must also be able to adapt to changing circumstances. This young marquis obviously likes Miss Qianhuan. And that young master Chu, I always feel that there is something wrong with the way he looks at Miss Qianhuan. We don't have to take this small businessman seriously, but we have to be on guard against the young marquis."
Leng Feng ignored him, and Leng Yu continued, "No, no, Miss Qianhuan is the woman our master likes. If she spends too much time with the young marquis and is snatched away, the young master will definitely blame us."
Leng Feng thought about it and felt that what Leng Yu said seemed to make sense.
"Okay, then go and report to the prince. I will stay here and protect Miss Qianhuan in secret."
"Okay, I'll go first then."
Leng Yu quickly returned to Prince An's Mansion, and the housekeeper said that the prince had gone to the palace.
Leng Yu delivered the news to the palace again.
The prince had just finished his morning court session. When he received the news from Leng Yu, he immediately felt jealous.
He wanted to leave the palace to find Qianhuan immediately, but unfortunately His Majesty kept him in to discuss other matters.
He couldn't help but ask Chi Ying, "Is Meng Yuanzhou so free every day?"
Chi Ying said, "Master, His Majesty originally only arranged an idle position for the young marquis in the Imperial Household Department, and he doesn't have to attend the morning court, so he is indeed very idle every day."
"Very idle, right? Then I will find something for him to do."