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You came too.

Have a seat.

Please, please.

The Han family is putting on such a grand display.

They must be trying to promote Xiaoyao Spring.

Since it's to promote Xiaoyao Spring,

why invite

all the restaurants in the city to participate?

Look!

Master Chen is here.

This great scholar Qian Lin

is really coming to be a judge?

The Han family truly deserves to be called the top family in Dajing.

Teacher, you are always so busy.

We really are disturbing you.

It's no trouble.

Young Master Xiao.

Greetings, sir.

A little drink to lift the mood.

Don't overindulge today.

Teacher, please come in.

Alright, alright.

Let's go.

Xiao Ning.

Have you seen the Han family's grand occasion?

If from now on

you serve the Han family faithfully,

I'm willing to give you a place to stay.

After today, your Han family

won't be so proud anymore.

Xiao Ning

Since you moved into the Su family,

you've been calling out to customers at the entrance of the tea house.

It's been so long now,

and you're still greeting guests at the door.

It's truly laughable.

Madam Su, I...

Xiao Ning,

A man born into this world

should have lofty ambitions.

By belittling yourself like this,

don't you feel ashamed before your parents

and your own life?

I conduct myself with integrity.

I am responsible for myself.

So there's no need for your nagging.

After all, we are husband and wife.

I just wanted to remind you.

If you wish to be protected by the Han family

and use your business skills,

you must restrain your reckless behavior.

Stop competing and fighting with Young Master Han.

The fact that you can say this to me

shows that you have a good heart.

Then let me give you some advice as well.

What is it?

Han Hongzhi may seem like a refined gentleman on the surface,

but he actually harbors ill intentions.

I suggest you

stay away from him and the Han family.

Xiao Ning,

even at this point,

you still try to sow discord

between me and Young Master Han.

You truly don't know how to repent.

Young Madam,

for you to come up with the idea for this wine-tasting event

shows you've made further progress in business.

I truly admire you, Hongzhi.

This idea actually came from Young Master Xiao.

Hongzhi understands.

You value Xiao Ning's business skills.

But if you say such prosperity

is all because of Xiao Ning,

no one would believe it.

Young Master Xiao is indeed very talented.

If you compete with him,

it will only harm the Han family and bring no benefit.

Since Su Xueyan is already in your grasp,

why can't you make peace with him?

Since Madam herself has spoken,

as long as Xiao Ning loyally serves the Han family,

I naturally won't hold anything against him.

Young Master Hongzhi, to have such magnanimity

is excellent.

Young Master Xiao, what exactly do you do?

Why are you at the wine banquet?

Why are you at the poetry gathering?

You're everywhere!

Exactly.

Isn't this just forcing someone into something they're not ready for?

The Han family is hosting the Wine Immortal Gathering,

how could they let you preside over it?

Everyone is right.

Young Master Han is here.

At the Wine Immortal Gathering hosted by the Han family,

how can we let a servant preside over it?

This young master

still didn't take my words to heart.

He won't amount to much.

Young Master Han, you mean

you want to preside over it yourself?

For this Wine Immortal Gathering, my Han family

has truly put in a lot of effort.

If we let a servant host the ceremony,

it would be an insult to all our distinguished guests.

I, Hongzhi, may be presumptuous,

but I am willing to preside over this Wine Immortal Gathering.

Young Master Han has a noble status,

and is outstanding in both character and learning.

He should naturally be the host.

Indeed.

Young Master Hongzhi is much better than

those servants who came out of nowhere.

Much more respectable.

With the Prime Minister's son personally presiding,

this banquet will surely become famous.

Please let Young Master Han be the host.

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

That's right, let Young Master Han preside.

A servant is just a servant.

They can never stand above their masters.

Such a thankless task,

and yet they're fighting to do it.

Take it away quickly.

Then I can have some peace.

Well then,

today

Foolish.

That's my pretend microphone.

You have to hold it upright.

Today, our Han family is hosting the Wine Immortal Gathering.

This is not a competition of status.

It is truly a gathering for refined enjoyment.

The aim is to appreciate and select the finest.

For this Wine Immortal Gathering,

we have specially invited the esteemed master, the Sage of Wine, Chen Daru.

to judge the wines today.

Master Chen, Mr. Chen Daru.

At the same time, our Han family is willing

to offer cash rewards

to those who place first, second, and third.

They will receive three thousand taels and one thousand taels respectively.

That much?

The champion will receive six thousand taels.

Six thousand taels?

Six thousand taels!

The Han family is offering a total of ten thousand taels.

Ten thousand taels!

What a generous offer!

If our wine happens to be chosen,

we'll gain a lot as well.

Yes, that's right.

You make it sound so real.

Your wine is nothing more than

something the Han family deliberately brought in

to serve as a stepping stone to highlight Xiaoyao Spring.

Such scheming.

It definitely wasn't that fool Han Hongzhi's idea.

He couldn't have come up with it.

It must be Yan Lingluo's idea.

But no matter how you try to outmaneuver each other,

you wouldn't expect me to be the one benefiting in the end.

The registration for wines from each restaurant

was completed yesterday.

Now, all the wines are ready.

Next, let's invite

the Sage of Wine, Chen Daru, to judge the wines.

So many wines!

Yes.

Who will be chosen?

The wines entered in this competition

have all been anonymized and assigned numbers.

With the reputations of the Han family and Master Chen as guarantors,

this selection is absolutely fair.

The Han family is upright and honorable.

Truly worthy of being the top family in our realm.

My former mother-in-law's flattery skills

are truly masterful.

Let the Wine Sage judge the wine.

Wine number one has a light and elegant aroma.

It also has a fruity taste upon entry.

But it lacks a lasting finish.

I rate it as "Middle Second Class."

This is what you call favoritism.

I wonder which family's wine this is.

This number one wine

is the Green Plum Wine from Baihua Pavilion.

We didn't make it.

Even the Green Plum Wine only got a "Middle Second Class" rating.

It seems the standards for this wine event are very strict.

Next, let Master Chen taste wine number two.

This one isn't even as good as the last.

How many wines are competing today?

Replying to Madam,

there are a total of fifteen kinds.

Which number is my Xiaoyao Spring?

Number seven.

Perfect.

Let the other wines whet the guests' appetites first.

Please taste wine number seven.

Very well.

It seems this is Xiaoyao Spring.

It's still that familiar taste.

Mid-Grade A

Master Chen is so fond of this wine,

why did he only rate it as Mid-Grade A?

Why is it just a "mid" rating?

Does this old man even know how to judge wine?

If my guess is correct,

this wine number seven must be

the Xiaoyao Spring produced by the Han family.

The reason I gave it a Mid-Grade A rating

is not because I have any criticism of this wine.

It's just that I've been drinking it every day lately,

so I'm extremely familiar with it.

But we out-of-town merchants haven't tried it yet!

Hurry and bring some for us to taste!

Let us try it too!

That's right!

Yes, yes, yes!

Come on, come on!

Here, pour me a cup!

It really is good wine! I'll have another cup.

It really is good wine!

Manager Wu, slow down with your drinking!

The rest of us haven't tried it yet!

Such fine wine!

Everyone, no need to fight over it.

My Han family has plenty in stock.

Today, as long as you're a guest at this event,

you can all buy Xiaoyao Spring at a 20% discount.

Then I'll take ten jars!

I'll take twenty jars!

I'll take fifty jars!

I want some too! Me too!

I want some too!

Me too!

Buy more, buy more!

Take some home and enjoy it slowly.

Yes, that's right.

Come on, come on.

Give me twenty jars.

Young master's method really works.

Miss Han was able to use my suggestion.

She made Xiaoyao Spring shine.

No wonder you truly understand the ways of business.

This idea came from the young master.

Xiaoyao Spring was also blended by the young master.

Lingluo admires the young master even more.

It's all just to make money.

Miss Han, no need to be so polite.

If Young Master Xiao is willing,

Lingluo would like to invite you

to be the general manager of all Han family businesses.

You want me to be the boss?

But unfortunately, the board is all your Han family members.

I don't want to take the blame for working for others.

No need.

I'm not a good fit for the Han family.

But it's because of Hongzhi.

Then you don't need to worry, sir.

I can have my master

personally step in and give some advice.

I guarantee he won't trouble you again in the future.

No.

It's really not because of Han Hongzhi.

Then why is it?

The Han family, in the marketplace,

uses their noble status to bully and dominate the market.

They engage in monopolistic practices of merger and takeover.

I don't think that's the true nature of business.

I'm not a good fit with the Han family.

So let's just forget it.

Sir, could you reconsider?

Miss, there's no need to say more to him.

Look at how grand this banquet is.

Our Han family's Xiaoyao Spring

will soon monopolize the entire Dajing liquor business.

As long as he wants to do business,

he'll have to come begging to the Han family.

I'm afraid today's banquet ends here.

I think the title of "Immortal of Wine"

can only belong to Xiaoyao Spring.

That's right.

It's all thanks to Young Master Hongzhi.

Today, we too can

rise to success with this wine.

Yes.

Yan'er,

this time you really found the right person.

These two wines, number twelve and thirteen,

what are their names?

They're equally matched.

They're truly heavenly wines.